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Year's Best Fantasy Books in Order
Below you'll find the complete list of Year's Best Fantasy books in publication order. This is generally the recommended reading order for the series.
Reading order verified: April 2026
Quick Answer
What order should I read the Year's Best Fantasy series? Start with "Year's Best Fantasy" (2001) and follow publication order through all 23 books.
The complete Year's Best Fantasy reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
Year's Best Fantasy
2001
Year's Best Fantasy 2
2002
Year's Best Fantasy 3
2003
Year's Best Fantasy 4
2004
Year's Best Fantasy 5
2005
Year's Best Fantasy 6
2006
Year's Best Fantasy 7
2007
Year's Best Fantasy 8
2008
Year's Best Fantasy 9
2009
Bending the Landscape: Fantasy
1997
Nebula Awards 32: SFWA’s Choices for the Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year
1998
Bending the Landscape: Science Fiction
1998
Bending the Landscape: Original Gay and Lesbian Science Fiction Writing
1998
Restricted Access: Lesbians on Disability
1999
Bending the Landscape: Horror
2001
The WisCon Chronicles, Vol. 2
2008
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Seventh Annual Collection
2010
The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year, Volume Nine
2014
Some of the Best from Tor.com, 2014 Edition
2015
Letters to Tiptree
2015
The Long List Anthology Volume 2
2016
Sword Stone Table: Old Legends, New Voices
2021
Little Deaths
2023
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